Maamba climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Maamba?

Maamba has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.7 °C and it receives 1,143 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Maamba?

The hottest day measured in Maamba between 1940 and 2025 was 26 October 2011, reaching 40.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Maamba?

The coldest day measured in Maamba between 1940 and 2025 was 23 June 1964, at 4.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Maamba?

Almost never: Maamba sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Maamba warmed?

Yes: Maamba warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Maamba?

The wettest day measured in Maamba between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 1976, with 190 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Maamba?

The windiest day measured in Maamba between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 1947, with winds reaching 28.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Maamba?

The warmest month in Maamba is October (26.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Maamba?

Maamba receives on average 1,143 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 108 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Maamba?

Maamba gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Maamba (Zambia) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.7 °C and it receives 1,143 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is October (26.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Maamba averages 0 frost days, 81 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 108 rainy days per year.

Maamba has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.4 °C (on 26 October 2011) and the coldest 4.6 °C (on 23 June 1964).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

MaambaSouthern Province

coords: -17.37°, 27.15°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

21.7°C

Average daily high

27.3°C

Average daily low

16.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,143mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

12.9km/h

Seasonal range

9.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

81 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

108 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.0 °C

Average feels-like low

16.9 °C

Average peak gust

34.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

96 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

40.4 °C

26 October 2011

Coldest day

4.6 °C

23 June 1964

Wettest day

190 mm

15 March 1976

Windiest day

28.7 km/h

4 September 1947

Strongest gust

66.2 km/h

3 November 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.6 °C

26 October 2011

Coldest feels-like

0.7 °C

1 July 1994

Sunniest day

12.8 h

26 January 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.7 °C26 October 2025	8.5 °C24 June 2025	22.4 °C	1,296 mm	93
2024	37.6 °C30 September 2024	9.0 °C16 June 2024	23.6 °C	623 mm	162
2023	38.0 °C20 November 2023	8.5 °C19 July 2023	23.1 °C	954 mm	142
2022	35.0 °C4 October 2022	7.8 °C31 July 2022	21.9 °C	1,264 mm	93
2021	38.0 °C8 November 2021	7.6 °C30 May 2021	22.6 °C	1,069 mm	107
2020	37.9 °C7 November 2020	8.5 °C6 July 2020	22.1 °C	1,266 mm	97
2019	40.1 °C28 October 2019	6.3 °C24 July 2019	23.2 °C	554 mm	163
2018	37.5 °C18 October 2018	9.0 °C8 June 2018	22.6 °C	969 mm	108
2017	38.6 °C18 October 2017	8.1 °C23 June 2017	21.9 °C	1,546 mm	72
2016	37.7 °C8 January 2016	7.1 °C23 July 2016	22.7 °C	1,161 mm	128
2015	38.4 °C13 November 2015	7.3 °C5 August 2015	22.6 °C	652 mm	128
2014	37.0 °C10 October 2014	6.9 °C18 July 2014	22.2 °C	1,251 mm	89
2013	37.1 °C14 October 2013	8.1 °C20 June 2013	22.2 °C	1,154 mm	99
2012	37.0 °C19 October 2012	5.5 °C11 June 2012	22.0 °C	1,075 mm	90
2011	40.4 °C26 October 2011	4.8 °C27 June 2011	21.8 °C	1,222 mm	73
2010	37.9 °C25 October 2010	7.3 °C22 June 2010	22.1 °C	1,414 mm	96
2009	35.4 °C14 October 2009	6.8 °C10 July 2009	21.4 °C	1,150 mm	64
2008	36.2 °C26 September 2008	7.1 °C17 July 2008	21.5 °C	1,355 mm	81
2007	36.3 °C24 September 2007	7.0 °C12 July 2007	21.8 °C	1,676 mm	77
2006	37.0 °C3 November 2006	6.6 °C29 June 2006	21.7 °C	1,133 mm	65
2005	37.9 °C3 November 2005	7.4 °C31 July 2005	22.5 °C	887 mm	112
2004	35.8 °C27 October 2004	7.5 °C15 June 2004	21.6 °C	1,241 mm	73
2003	38.4 °C17 October 2003	6.6 °C11 July 2003	22.1 °C	1,191 mm	117
2002	35.4 °C19 October 2002	6.9 °C24 June 2002	22.1 °C	608 mm	92
2001	37.3 °C19 October 2001	6.7 °C17 July 2001	21.8 °C	1,063 mm	92
2000	34.6 °C10 October 2000	7.7 °C19 July 2000	21.5 °C	1,465 mm	74
1999	36.2 °C5 November 1999	7.6 °C24 July 1999	21.4 °C	957 mm	53
1998	37.5 °C4 November 1998	7.7 °C3 July 1998	22.2 °C	1,177 mm	88
1997	37.9 °C11 November 1997	7.6 °C17 July 1997	21.7 °C	1,286 mm	60
1996	37.2 °C21 October 1996	6.2 °C3 July 1996	21.9 °C	1,066 mm	80
1995	38.0 °C19 October 1995	6.6 °C16 June 1995	22.7 °C	704 mm	115
1994	37.1 °C22 November 1994	4.7 °C1 July 1994	21.6 °C	883 mm	110
1993	36.2 °C1 November 1993	7.7 °C11 June 1993	21.9 °C	1,188 mm	61
1992	37.8 °C24 October 1992	6.0 °C7 July 1992	22.5 °C	831 mm	128
1991	35.2 °C9 October 1991	6.6 °C23 July 1991	21.6 °C	975 mm	90
1990	37.5 °C6 November 1990	6.9 °C26 July 1990	22.0 °C	839 mm	78
1989	35.5 °C4 October 1989	6.1 °C17 June 1989	21.4 °C	1,292 mm	82
1988	35.2 °C18 October 1988	6.7 °C18 July 1988	21.5 °C	1,076 mm	73
1987	37.5 °C20 November 1987	6.7 °C24 June 1987	22.2 °C	773 mm	120
1986	34.4 °C7 October 1986	6.9 °C10 July 1986	20.8 °C	1,301 mm	44
1985	33.4 °C12 September 1985	5.9 °C14 July 1985	21.1 °C	1,198 mm	54
1984	34.4 °C4 September 1984	7.5 °C18 June 1984	21.5 °C	929 mm	73
1983	36.5 °C11 January 1983	7.2 °C14 August 1983	22.4 °C	1,044 mm	117
1982	35.0 °C5 November 1982	7.2 °C17 July 1982	21.8 °C	589 mm	97
1981	36.1 °C8 November 1981	4.7 °C18 June 1981	20.9 °C	1,175 mm	73
1980	34.6 °C17 October 1980	7.1 °C13 July 1980	21.1 °C	957 mm	59
1979	35.9 °C2 October 1979	7.3 °C13 July 1979	20.9 °C	1,110 mm	61
1978	36.1 °C30 September 1978	6.0 °C12 July 1978	21.0 °C	1,614 mm	55
1977	36.7 °C19 November 1977	7.9 °C20 June 1977	21.6 °C	1,250 mm	68
1976	36.2 °C20 November 1976	7.6 °C5 August 1976	20.6 °C	1,331 mm	52
1975	35.8 °C5 November 1975	6.1 °C26 July 1975	20.8 °C	1,074 mm	64
1974	35.6 °C18 October 1974	7.0 °C28 July 1974	20.4 °C	1,440 mm	45
1973	35.5 °C27 October 1973	8.7 °C12 July 1973	21.4 °C	1,203 mm	72
1972	37.1 °C24 November 1972	7.6 °C24 June 1972	21.2 °C	1,049 mm	86
1971	35.5 °C1 November 1971	8.2 °C14 June 1971	21.4 °C	1,073 mm	52
1970	35.4 °C8 October 1970	9.2 °C5 July 1970	21.8 °C	696 mm	84
1969	36.7 °C26 November 1969	7.7 °C26 July 1969	21.3 °C	1,540 mm	54
1968	36.8 °C16 October 1968	4.8 °C16 June 1968	21.6 °C	869 mm	74
1967	36.0 °C6 October 1967	6.3 °C13 July 1967	21.5 °C	694 mm	60
1966	36.6 °C31 October 1966	6.0 °C28 July 1966	22.0 °C	946 mm	96
1965	36.0 °C1 November 1965	5.9 °C26 June 1965	21.4 °C	383 mm	81
1964	34.9 °C25 October 1964	4.6 °C23 June 1964	21.5 °C	935 mm	92
1963	36.2 °C7 October 1963	7.6 °C22 May 1963	21.3 °C	1,221 mm	62
1962	37.2 °C18 October 1962	9.1 °C25 July 1962	21.3 °C	1,478 mm	50
1961	37.5 °C14 October 1961	8.9 °C10 July 1961	21.2 °C	1,168 mm	52
1960	35.8 °C10 October 1960	8.3 °C3 July 1960	21.2 °C	870 mm	68
1959	34.9 °C18 October 1959	9.1 °C24 July 1959	21.3 °C	1,022 mm	56
1958	35.2 °C11 October 1958	8.5 °C14 July 1958	20.9 °C	2,497 mm	30
1957	36.3 °C26 November 1957	9.2 °C18 June 1957	21.4 °C	1,540 mm	74
1956	34.9 °C15 October 1956	8.5 °C20 June 1956	20.6 °C	1,415 mm	38
1955	37.2 °C14 November 1955	7.9 °C12 August 1955	20.7 °C	2,074 mm	52
1954	38.7 °C27 October 1954	7.8 °C21 June 1954	22.4 °C	492 mm	144
1953	36.2 °C4 November 1953	8.0 °C24 June 1953	20.8 °C	1,494 mm	55
1952	36.2 °C12 October 1952	9.1 °C18 July 1952	21.6 °C	1,233 mm	74
1951	37.8 °C28 November 1951	7.3 °C15 July 1951	22.7 °C	523 mm	139
1950	37.2 °C24 October 1950	8.6 °C11 June 1950	21.0 °C	1,064 mm	70
1949	38.0 °C3 November 1949	8.7 °C11 June 1949	21.6 °C	1,244 mm	92
1948	36.7 °C24 October 1948	8.9 °C6 July 1948	21.1 °C	2,202 mm	72
1947	36.2 °C27 October 1947	7.5 °C17 July 1947	21.2 °C	1,317 mm	58
1946	38.5 °C24 October 1946	7.8 °C10 July 1946	21.0 °C	1,654 mm	62
1945	36.0 °C12 October 1945	8.9 °C6 July 1945	21.5 °C	1,142 mm	68
1944	36.7 °C31 October 1944	9.2 °C13 July 1944	21.3 °C	1,338 mm	62
1943	36.2 °C15 November 1943	7.8 °C28 June 1943	21.2 °C	1,326 mm	64
1942	35.8 °C13 October 1942	8.7 °C8 July 1942	21.2 °C	1,102 mm	46
1941	38.7 °C12 October 1941	8.6 °C6 July 1941	22.0 °C	1,017 mm	95
1940	36.6 °C3 November 1940	7.9 °C17 July 1940	21.1 °C	1,166 mm	73

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.9 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

93 d/yr

+12

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1296 mm

+153 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.6 °C	+1.1 °C	395 mm	+104 mm
Feb	29.2 °C	+1.7 °C	297 mm	+50 mm
Mar	28.8 °C	+1.4 °C	76 mm	-64 mm
Apr	27.6 °C	+0.7 °C	48 mm	+7 mm
May	25.4 °C	+0.1 °C	6 mm	-1 mm
Jun	24.1 °C	+0.8 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Jul	23.4 °C	+0.4 °C	1 mm	+0 mm
Aug	26.9 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	31.7 °C	+2.0 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Oct	32.3 °C	+0.2 °C	8 mm	-7 mm
Nov	28.7 °C	-1.8 °C	163 mm	+48 mm
Dec	27.9 °C	-0.2 °C	302 mm	+19 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.7 °C

26 Oct 2025

Coldest day

8.5 °C

24 Jun 2025

Wettest day

50.6 mm

21 Jan 2025

Windiest day

24.0 km/h

28 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

66.2 km/h

3 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.9 °C

8 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

6.4 °C

4 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.8 h

26 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Maamba?

Maamba has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.7 °C and it receives 1,143 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Maamba?

The hottest day measured in Maamba between 1940 and 2025 was 26 October 2011, reaching 40.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Maamba?

The coldest day measured in Maamba between 1940 and 2025 was 23 June 1964, at 4.6 °C.

Does it snow in Maamba?

Almost never: Maamba sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Maamba warmed?

Yes: Maamba warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Maamba?

The wettest day measured in Maamba between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 1976, with 190 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Maamba?

The windiest day measured in Maamba between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 1947, with winds reaching 28.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Maamba?

The warmest month in Maamba is October (26.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Maamba?

Maamba receives on average 1,143 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 108 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Maamba?

Maamba gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Maamba?

Yes: Maamba has on average 96 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Maamba?

In Maamba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.6 °C on 26 October 2011, and the lowest was 0.7 °C on 1 July 1994.

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